BCS Wrote:
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I have been using D 1.0 for about 6 months for small projects and, although I like
the language, I am frustrated by the lack of tools such as an IDE or forms editor.
I guess I have been spoilt by programs such as Visual Studio, etc.
I think D should look at freepascal / Lazarus for inspiration as to an IDE / forms
editor package that provides multi-OS development and support.
With the right tools that make the job easier many more people will climb onboard
the D ship.
Just my 2p worth :-)
Regards, Mike.

Mike James wrote:
> the language, I am frustrated by the lack of tools such as an IDE or forms editor.
> I guess I have been spoilt by programs such as Visual Studio, etc.
Forms editors:
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Entice ( http://www.dprogramming.com/entice.php ) is the only one I know
of. Outputs both DFL and DWT code now.
IDEs:
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Loads of 'em. I'm working on the Descent project (
http://www.dsource.org/projects/descent ), which provides a very
fully-featured IDE as an Eclipse plugin, but some people find it kind of
bloated/slow, though we're working on it. There are numerous others
(just search the NG...)

Yes, I know of the available IDE and Forms Editor tools - I have been using them. My point was level of functionality - it would be worth your while downloading freepascal / lazarus (open source) for a test drive just to see what level of functionality would probably be required to drag people away from their Visual Studios. I'm impressed by lazarus (being an old Delphi / Pascal coder) and to have the same IDE facilities for D would rack up the points in the compiler league.
Regards, Mike.
Robert Fraser Wrote:
> Mike James wrote:
> > the language, I am frustrated by the lack of tools such as an IDE or forms editor.
> > I guess I have been spoilt by programs such as Visual Studio, etc.
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> Forms editors:
> --------------
> Entice ( http://www.dprogramming.com/entice.php ) is the only one I know
> of. Outputs both DFL and DWT code now.
>
> IDEs:
> -----
> Loads of 'em. I'm working on the Descent project (
> http://www.dsource.org/projects/descent ), which provides a very
> fully-featured IDE as an Eclipse plugin, but some people find it kind of
> bloated/slow, though we're working on it. There are numerous others
> (just search the NG...)